debunker

person or organization that exposes or discredits claims believed to be false, exaggerated, or pretentious
Organization profession Q3704426
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debunker

Summary

debunker is a profession[1]. debunker draws 142 Wikipedia views per month (profession category, ranking #345 of 1,605).[2]

Key Facts

  • debunker's field of work was paranormal[3].
  • debunker's field of work was fringe science[4].
  • debunker's field of work was pseudoscience[5].
  • debunker's instance of is recorded as profession[6].
  • debunker's instance of is recorded as human[7].
  • debunker's instance of is recorded as organization[8].
  • debunker is associated with the scientific skepticism movement[9].
  • debunker is a type of science communicator[10].
  • debunker is the opposite of fact-checker[11].
  • debunker's contributing factor of is recorded as belief perseverance[12].
  • debunker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'desmitificadora'}[13].
  • debunker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'razkrinkovalka'}[14].
  • debunker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'desenganadora'}[15].
  • debunker's named by is recorded as William E. Woodward[16].

Body

Industry

Fields of work include paranormal[3], fringe science[4], and pseudoscience[5].

Why It Matters

debunker draws 142 Wikipedia views per month (profession category, ranking #345 of 1,605).[2] debunker has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] debunker is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Adam78 · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named by William E. Woodward
    Subclass of science communicator
    Field of work
    Contributing factor of belief perseverance
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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